It's Your Birthday!

Hi there! I hope y'all had a good weekend! I am going to the doctor today for my 37 week check-up. I'm hoping for a baby soon because I am so uncomfortable!

Today is also my younger brother's birthday, so I whipped up a card for him.

I used Deconstructed Sketch #56 for the layout. I love Jen's sketches. I just recently printed all of her PDF pages of them out and put them in my sketch binder. When I got ready to make this card, I flipped through and found a sketch that worked with my image. 

The stamp I used on my card is one of the a la carte stamps by Taylored Expressions - It's Your Birthday. I love these little word stamps. They make putting together a card so simple! I used some new papers - All About a Boy by Echo Park...love these colors (and that chevron pattern, too!). I colored the image with Copics and used my Clear Glaze pen on the letters as well as some Stickles on the balloons and star. I embossed the background of my card and added some twine and silver brads to finish it off.

Challenges I'm Entering:
Stamping Sensations - embossing and texture (the twine)
Paper Creators Crafts #8 - for the boys
Aud Sentiments Challenge - birthday sentiment
Moving Along with the Times Challenge - one for the boys

Thanks for stopping by! 

Supplies:

Cardstock: PTI Kraft, X-Press It Blending Card

Patterned Paper: Echo Park All About a Boy

Stamps: It's Your Birthday by Taylored Expressions

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers

Embellishments: silver brads, twine, Stickles, clear Glaze pen, foam tape

Tools: MFT Clearly Sentimental Label Die-namic, Cuttlebug Polka Dots embossing folder